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The Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education is a 2025 Fierce 50 Social Impact honoree, recognizing organizations that confront pressing health challenges, lead change on critical social issues, and implement interventions with a profound impact on communities and public health.  This recognition reflects the Center’s ongoing commitment to advancing evidence-based research and […]

Recently, the Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education’s Scientists in Residence, Dr. Julie Angerhofer and Dr. Jennifer Boggs, published a new study in Morbidity and Mortality Report, on opportunities for firearm suicide prevention in health care systems. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for people aged 10 to 44 in […]

Dr. Julie Angerhofer and Dr. Jennifer Boggs were appointed as the first Kaiser Permanente Firearm Harm Prevention Scientists in Residence. Their long-standing research in gun violence prevention efforts will further the center’s mission to decrease firearm injury and death and will expand studies for health-focused interventions to prevent firearm harm.

Recent data indicates that the U.S. suicide rate has reached its highest level in nearly 2 decades. A study recently published by Kaiser Permanente researchers, including Center grantee Julie Angerhofer Richards, shows that adding suicide prevention care to primary care reduces suicide attempts. These new findings will help provide better care for at-risk patients and […]

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has released a groundbreaking advisory on firearm violence, officially recognizing it as a public health crisis in America. This marks the first time the Office of the Surgeon General has published a report focused on this issue impacting the nation’s health and overall well-being.

The White House is calling on hospital executives, doctors, and other healthcare leaders to implement stronger measures to prevent gun violence. The center is proud to answer the call for leadership in addressing gun violence as a public health crisis.

The center’s equitable grantmaking addresses funding disparities to support those most impacted by gun violence in discovering and scaling solutions.

Dr. Angelina Ruffin, Managing Director, Kaiser Permanente Center For Gun Violence Research and Education to receive the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award.

Executive Director of the HAVI and the Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education recognized for her groundbreaking work to address the public health crisis of gun violence in communities of color. by the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention Today, Modern Healthcare announced their selection of Fatimah Loren Dreier, executive director of the […]

The next phase for the Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education includes new leadership and funding for equity-focused research.